Local Bestsellers

The 10 top-selling books at Adventures in Crime & Space Books

"...interests. This week's list comes from Adventures in Crime & Space Books, 609-A West Sixth St...."

Aug. 17, 2001 Books Column

Twenty Flight Rock

The Eddie Cochran story

"...were radio hits, Cochran hardly achieved the status of Elvis or Buddy Holly in his short career. Still, he..."

July 20, 2001 Books Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Art of Parenting With Art

Trying to find ways to make art while sustaining a family is no easy road.

"...moments: Nothing beats hearing the girls singing along to Elvis Costello's "Crimes of Paris" -- the song most requested,..."

June 22, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

The Dreamer

The Protagonist of Denise Chávez's New Novel Is in Love With a Long-Dead Movie Star

"...waned. Thousands of fans make a pilgrimage to El Panteón Jardín in Mexico City on the anniversary of his..."

April 13, 2001 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO: For many, Buckwheat Zydeco (née Stanley Dural, Jr.) is the embodiment of the widely..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Short Cuts

The low-down on SXSW Film 2001, upcoming filmmaking classes, and who's going to Park City next week.

"...Elvis, the Dude, and You Dept.: South by Southwest Film..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...them more sobering than the long-trumpeted death of rock & roll...."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Young, Loud, and Cheap

The Skunks were a band. A loud one.

"...manipulator. I always thought it was good, fat rock & roll, stripped down American-style, that matched the time perfectly,..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Stratus Quo?

Stratus Properties tries to shake the ghost of Jim Bob Moffett as it is acquired by Tom Hicks.

"...in Stratus," Armstrong says, his voice tinged with exasperation. "Elvis," he adds for final emphasis, "has left the building."..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Still a Good Thing

Lady sings the blues

"...from "You'll Lose a Good Thing," her No. 1 R&B hit (and Top 10 pop hit) of December 1962,..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Household Names The Trouble With Being Nice (Top 40)

Texas Platters

"...should seriously think about having another birthday party for Elvis -- Elvis Costello. Besides, no recent UK band is..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

Ritalin Kids sign a record deal; Steve Wertheimer gets wet all over.

"...night, but during the sold-out second show of the Elvis tribute on Saturday, things finally came to a head..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Grunt Work

Interview with America's favorite Gladiator about his band

"...I was a little kid. My mom had an Elvis Presley bootleg called Elvis Sings Goldens Hits that she..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

¡americanos!: Latino Life in the United States

"...moniker). Interview subjects include El Vez, the flamboyant “Chicano Elvis” whose repertoire includes a song called “I’m Not Hispanic”;..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review

Day Trips

Get your jitters all over Central Texas at these rural coffeeshops.

"...local chat 'n' chew with its slice of Americana, Elvis shrines, and apple pie. But if I find a..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...That's because he can do anything; funk, rock, jazz, R&B, and rap acts all turn up on this man's..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...fundraising CD, The Gospel According to Austin. With Tiffany & the Gospel Motions, Randy Phillips of contemporary Christian act..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...stack. If nothing else, the dissolution of Chris Cornell & crew suddenly brought the Seattle hard rock group's main..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Music Critics Poll: Desert Island

"...Artist: Elvis Presley..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Rock & Roll Books

Any Old Way You Choose It

"...Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock & Roll, 1947-1977by James Miller..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Honky-Tonk Song

Profile of piano man Earl Poole Ball

"...Depot, accompanied by bass players Bill Campbell and Teri Coté, and either Lisa Pankratz or the Derailers' Mark Horn..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Dancing About Architecture

A Fond Farewell to the Texas Tornado himself, Doug Sahm.

"...to a new place: front and center in the Elvis Presley shrine over the club's stage. "Doug Sahm is..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Joe the King

"...spastic gyrations resembling nothing so much as a teenage Elvis Costello on a bad java high, is achingly pathetic...."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Devil's Island

"...frigid climes of Fifties-era Iceland, pitting the freewheeling rock & roll lifestyle of the Yanks against the traditional stoicism..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Nine Lives of Ol' Possum

An overview of country legend George Jones' life and career.

"...Cobain, he smashed guitars onstage. Finally, like his rock & roll counterparts, by the late Seventies, Jones was a..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Greil Marcus and the Mad Parade

In his book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, Greil Marcus explained punk to the world and created a bible for that music's true believers. As Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals opens its stage adaptation of Marcus' book, the author talks about the Stones, the Sex Pistols, and the "mad parade" of history.

"...its discourses on music theory made not just rock & roll but rock criticism a force to reckon with...."

Sept. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...pop charts that it seemed as though doo-wop and R&B sprung from another place; one where the friction between..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Book Reviews

"...With L.A. Requiem, his eighth Elvis Cole mystery, Robert Crais, L.A.'s reigning grandmaster of the..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Books Review

Mystery Train

Jarmusch applies his minimalist style to the margins of Memphis as seen through the experiences of three sets of foreigners.

"...segments: the first follows two Japanese visitors on an Elvis pilgrimage, the second a widow in town to oversee..."

Aug. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dancing About Architecture

The Lunch's Last Supper

"...likes to do "fun projects with fun people." (The Elvis Presley tribute, by the way, is coming up soon..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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